Gnomish billionaire Sam Zell has announced that he'll soon be leaving Tribune Co: "I will turn it over to whoever the creditors decide they want to run it, and wish them a lot of good luck." Thanks for nothing, jerk.

2007: Sam Zell, a man with no experience in the media industry, takes control of the Tribune Co, using a tiny bit of his own money and a whole lot of his employees' money. In retrospect, this was about the worst possible time that anyone could have bought a newspaper company: prices were still high, and prospects were terrible.

As a manager, Sam Zell turns out to be a profaneasshole. This plain-spokenness is a mark of genius! You'll see!